***************************** Get It Off Your Chest Comments, suggestions, letters-to-the-editor, rants, chants, curses and verses should be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************** GOP: Getting the Job Done "I want to make the positive argument for the Republicans. First, the purpose of a political party is to exercise power by electing people to public office. During the past 30 years, elected officials have deregulated airlines, trucking, banking, and telephones, cut marginal tax rates, devolved federal welfare, freed up trade with Canada and Mexico, put judges on the Supreme Court who have restored federalism, enabled homeschooling and charter schools, and proposed the idea of personal investment accounts within Social Security. "None of this was done by elected Libertarians, because there weren't any. ... Republicans are a big-tent party. By gaining the possibility of electing people to office, you give up the possibility of ideological purity. To give that up is necessary. If you are not willing to do that, you are not being serious." - Columnist Bruce Ramsey, "Liberty" magazine, March 2000 ****************************** Quota Chickens Coming Home to Roost Blacks have been the Democrat Party's most dependable voters. So dependable, in fact, that the white leadership of the Democrat Party has pretty much taken their votes for granted. "Sure, we want your votes on election day," seems to be the message, "but in between just go over there and sit in the corner. We'll call you if we need you." But now some members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), in a stinging letter to the Democrat campaign committees this week, demanded more clout, more attention, more leadership positions and more lucrative contracts for black political consultants. "Failure to sufficiently address these concerns will justify a fundamental re-evaluation of African-American loyalty to the Democratic Party," warns the CBC in its letter. The members ... many of whom are considered the most outrageously radical of the Democrats' left wing ... are also demanding "a diversity audit of the (Democrat) campaign committees' employment and contracting practices." Ah ... live by the quota, die by the quota. Actually, we're in sympathy with the plight of the poor CBC. In fact, we'd like nothing better than to see loud-mouth Maxine Waters replace Dicky Gephardt as leader of the Democrat congressional band. What a circus THAT would be! - Chuck Muth, Editor ****************************** Whites Only "Black voters have been Mr. Clinton's most loyal backers. But what will they think when they learn that he granted clemency to a hard-case white drug dealer who hired Mr. Clinton's brother-in-law, when so many young African-Americans are in prison because of lesser drug offenses? This from a president who tried to use the same race card against Republicans? The former prosecutor in the case, Todd Jones, told ABC yesterday that the prison commutation for Carlos Vignali 'further erodes any confidence that the public, particularly communities of color, may have' in the fair enforcement of the drug laws. Could this one be too much even for Maxine Waters? OK, nothing's ever too much for her." - Columnist Paul Gigot, "Potomac Watch," 2/23/01 ****************************** How About "War & Piece"? "And now rumors spread that Clinton is shopping a two-book deal - one a memoir, the other a novel of the White House. The Washington Post is already running a contest to name the novel. Catcher in the Thigh. Devil with a Blue Dress On. Bedtime for Bubba. From Rags to the Riches. It Takes a Pillage. White Trash Christmas. Fast Times at 1600 Pennsylvania High." - Columnist Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2/22/01 ****************************** Better Put Some Clearasil On That "I know one thing, I am ready to move beyond the Bill Clinton scandals. But like zits on a teenager's face they just keep popping up!" - J. C. Bowman, Director of Education Policy, Tennessee Institute for Public Policy, 2/23/01 ***************************** Presidential Herpes "What's the deal with former President Clinton? Boy, this guy just won't go away. You know, he's like a sexually transmitted disease. We can't get rid of him, you know? Every couple of days, he flares up." - NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, 2/22/01 ***************************** Trick Question "Question: Name one thing beneath Bill Clinton's dignity. Answer: This is a trick question, like asking whether zero is odd or even. It has no known answer." - Columnist Tony Snow, 2/23/01 ***************************** It Had to Be Hugh "The Rodham-Clintons have said (Hugh Rodham) gave the money back. No one has promised that he would not be REPAID at some future time. I am willing to bet there will be some fees paid to Hugh over the next year or so for unspecified legal work which will total oh, what? Four hundred grand?" - Rich Galen, "Mullings," 2/23/01 ****************************** What Did You Know & When Did You Know It? "It is inconceivable that Bruce Lindsey did not tell Bill Clinton that Hugh Rodham had called him and asked for a pardon for convicted drug dealer Carlos Vignali Jr. Lindsey is Clinton's best friend and closest confidante - a man of proven loyalty, no matter how low his boss sinks. He admits that Rodham called him twice to ask about a pardon for Vignali. "If Lindsey knew, Clinton knew. It would have been an unspeakable violation of trust if Lindsey, in reviewing pardons with Clinton, did not pass on the fact that Hugh was involved. Bruce Lindsey does not withhold relevant information from Bill Clinton. That's not how the two of them work. Lindsey is in on everything and tells Bill everything. 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